Gay comedies are a hard genre to master with any subtlety; one side of the fence is occupied by movies made to mock gays for 'straight' amusement, and the other side is to mock straights for 'gay' amusement. Right off the top, I'll say that I enjoyed this film. Not wildly, as 20+ years ago I enjoyed 'La Cage aux Folles,' yet nevertheless it was involving, good characterization, well-edited and paced. Yet, yet . . . . One of the hurdles for most viewers is that the film is deeply rooted in the French gay cultural scene. And if the viewer isn't familiar with that milieu, it will seem as if the film was set in the late '70s or '80s. Everything that the viewer knows or may have heard about gay life in the USA in those years seems very alive here. The point is, that IS the way Paris is, even now. While trend-setting on a variety of fronts, France has NEVER set the pace for gay culture, that honor belongs to the USA. Thus there is a soundtrack out of the Gloria Gaynor days (different songs, but reminiscent of 'Priscilla of the Desert,') and the large background cast of gay characters are reminiscent of times long gone on this side of the Atlantic. If the viewer can accept that '80s-style gay party life is still alive and well in Paris in 1996, then there won't be any jarring sense of "whoa - when was this film made?" The top-billed star is Patrick Timsit in the role of Adrien, the gay main character who loves Eva, longtime friend and owner of a gay establishment. He thinks of her as family, and even says so at one point in the movie. But the STAR of this film is Fanny Ardant (Eva), who easily steals every single scene she is in and not without reason. There is a rather flimsy opening setup about how all the characters meet - Adrien is negociating a deal with Alexandre, a banker, played by Richard Berry (sorry, Gtran, but he's the banker, not the client), and soon various wives, lovers, 'tricks' and others are all in on the act. For anyone not familiar with Ms. Ardant, she is an undiluted joy (go rent 'Ridicule,' now!). Ferociously handsome, wearing her emotions on her face (and her clothes quite well, too)while keeping her heart hidden, she engages the viewer as few actress do anymore (French actresses have a talent for that). I found Mr. Timsit arch and shrill at times, without the underlying tenderness and pathos that invested every moment of Michel Serrault's Zaza Napoli of 1978, but he suffices. Richard Berry does a fine job as a 'hetero' forced to open his horizons a bit while pursuing Eva. Michèle Laroque has the unenviable job of the 'clueless wife,' but her hesitancy and luminous beauty play very well here. Jacques Gamblin as Lemoine, Alexandre's aide, tries very hard to portray a man still caught in the 'it's hard to come out' milieu of Paris (which is, sadly, still true), but he lacks a certain "je ne sais quoi" to quite pull it off successfully; with time, he may very well become a great actor. There are a thousand and one jokes in this film that will only be understandable to francophones - and Parisian French is fast, clipped and very argotic (I can't speak about sub-titling, as I saw a VO [version originale], but I can imagine the inability to relay the sense of the original in subtitles). If you can speak French WELL, you'll laugh a lot. The nod to '90's/21st-century sensibilities about AIDS-awareness is last-minute and feels very false, thrown in as a sop. Rent the movie - it is a cult classic in France, for a variety of reasons. However, I will give you one more: as you watch this film, ponder the differences between American and French culture and consider why, in France of all places, homosexuality is still shameful. 种种可能加起(🧡)来,让他怀疑,她根本就不是小时候(🏫)在大山里救过宫煜城,然后被他教授功(⏸)夫。 ①天(tiān )井裏の住人 当它看见陈天豪身后的八颗星灵(líng )果,不由得感叹,果然是好人,拿(⛵)了八(👐)颗(kē )星灵果,我自己拿了一颗星灵果就要接受如此恐怖的闪电攻击(jī )了。 说到这,张秀娥(🥧)不管张大湖那铁青的脸色,而(⚾)是牵着张三丫(🌥)就摔门而出。 直到(📠)傅城予凑上前(qián )来,在她唇(🍋)角(🌡)亲了一下,低声问她:要什么,我(🐧)帮你叫。 五个在(zài )校园被(🎡)(bèi )孤立的(de )高(gāo )中生,因为青春(🚗)(chūn )的(de )荷尔蒙面临着许(🥓)许多多的烦恼与(yǔ )迷茫。同时,黑暗势力丽达女王(wáng )正蠢蠢欲动,为了寻找更多能量打造金人怪兽哥达来到地球。五名(míng )青少年命中注定地相遇,团结克服难(nán )关成为五色超凡战队(duì(💷) ),与他们的恐龙佐德人机合一雷霆出击拯救世界,毁天(tiān )灭地一触(🎐)即发…… 不过也有例外的,比如猛男,成名倒是没有,不(😬)过快成家了(🌋)。猛男的(de )女友是莹,两人好得连饭都放在一只碗里吃。莹是这(zhè )个学校里难得的好女孩,十分有修养,不像其他女孩又凶又力大无穷,一巴掌冷不防可以把(🍍)人拍死。莹(yíng )绝对是弱不禁风需要(🕒)(yào )人保护的那种女生,而猛男(nán )恰恰又是天天健(jiàn )美练力量甚至练得莫名其妙(👋)比常人多出一块腹肌的强(🌨)壮男生(shēng ),强壮到人家女孩一巴(🛌)掌拍不死的地步。 我那个,就是摸了摸窝窝头。铁玄的脸色一尴尬。